Thanks! I tried something similar but I had sep="" instead of collapse="" for the X part. I realise the error now.
Thanks again Saghir -----Original Message----- From: Christos Hatzis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 16:39 To: Bashir Saghir (Aztek Global); [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [R] String manipulation and formatting Ok. You needed the format string. xify(4.1) would be equivalent to the following: paste(paste(rep("X",4),collapse=""),paste(rep("X",1),collapse=""),sep=".") It should be straightforward to write the wrapper function for this. HTH. -Christos _____ From: Bashir Saghir (Aztek Global) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 10:39 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [R] String manipulation and formatting Thanks. I should have been clearer. The output is the string "XXX.XX" and "XXX". So xify(4.1) should produce "XXX.X" as character string. Any pointers? Or did I miss something with formatC? -----Original Message----- From: Christos Hatzis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 16:21 To: Bashir Saghir (Aztek Global); [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [R] String manipulation and formatting See ?formatC You might need to write a simple wrapper function to implement the interface that you want. -Christos -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] On Behalf Of Bashir Saghir (Aztek Global) Sent: Monday, July 17, 2006 10:07 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [R] String manipulation and formatting I'm trying to write a simple function that does the following: [command] xify(5.2) [output] XXX.XX [command] xify(3) [output] XXX Any simple solutions (without using python/perl/unix script/...)? Thanks, Saghir --------------------------------------------------------- Legal Notice: This electronic mail and its attachments are i...{{dropped}} ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help <https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help> PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html <http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html> --------------------------------------------------------- Legal Notice: This electronic mail and its attachments are intended solely for the person(s) to whom they are addressed and contain information which is confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure, except for the purpose for which they are intended. Dissemination, distribution, or reproduction by anyone other than the intended recipients is prohibited and may be illegal. If you are not an intended recipient, please immediately inform the sender and return the electronic mail and its attachments and destroy any copies which may be in your possession. UCB screens electronic mails for viruses but does not warrant that this electronic mail is free of any viruses. UCB accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this electronic mail. --------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------- Legal Notice: This electronic mail and its attachments are intended solely for the person(s) to whom they are addressed and contain information which is confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure, except for the purpose for which they are intended. Dissemination, distribution, or reproduction by anyone other than the intended recipients is prohibited and may be illegal. If you are not an intended recipient, please immediately inform the sender and return the electronic mail and its attachments and destroy any copies which may be in your possession. UCB screens electronic mails for viruses but does not warrant that this electronic mail is free of any viruses. UCB accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this electronic mail. --------------------------------------------------------- [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
